[March, 1905.] Proceedings. 
Order.—That the recommendation of the Committee relating 
to the following matters be accepted :— 
(1 
relating to books and _ scientific eegmente. (5) Appointing 
Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co. to secur ens. (6) P 
lication of such resolutions of the Gono. as the Council Be 
determine, in the Proceedings. Circulate iene! about the ap- 
pointment of a Publication Committee and their powers 
ead the following extract from a programme con the 
Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, announcing a prize :— 
person who during the four years 1903-06 shall, in the opinion of the 
Academy, have made the most str iking or useful discovery, or have 
produced the most celebrated work in physical and experimental 
science, natural history, pure and applied mathematics, chemistry, 
physiology, | and pathology, including geology, history, geography 
and statistics. The value of the prize is francs. 
yone wishing to compete may apply, but the prize will be 
awarded 6 the most wont though he may not have applied. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. Occurrence of the genus Apus in Balichistdn. —By E. 
Bearreccns. Geological Survey of India. 
2. Tibet under the Tartar Emperors of China. —By Rai Sarar 
Cuanpra Das Banapor, C.1.E. 
This paper has been published in Journal Part I for 1904. 
3. Pavana-dutam or Air-messenger, by Dhoyika, a Court poet of 
Laksmanasena, King of Bengal, with an Hs apes on the Sena 
Kin ee ie MOHAN CHakravarti, M.A., M.R.A.S. 
A, s of the Indian Musewm.—By M. Burr. Communi- 
cated by oh pert opological Secretary. 
This paper has been published in “ Journal and Proceedings,” 
N.S., Vol. I, No. 1. 
D. The Hydra of the Calcutta Tanks—By Nutson ANNAN- 
DALE, B.A. 
6. The composition of the oil from Bir Bahoti or the “ Rains 
at ” (Trombidiwm grandissimum).—B E. G. Hit 
Ly 
Insts of species recorded from British India and Ceylon and of spe 
odie Be ee a én pe A Island (East Sumatr a) 5 the late Pro- 
. Wood-Mason’s Collector (Part I).—By Ne.son ANNANDALE, 
8, Customs in the Trans-border Territories of the North-West 
Frontier Province —By H. A. Ross, I.C.8. 
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